title: [Immunoscintigraphy for the detection of inflammation foci in bone and joint diseases].
abstract: We evaluated the monoclonal antibody MAb, BW 250/183, which is easy to label with Tc-99m, with respect to its clinical application for the detection of inflammatory processes in bone and joint diseases. This monoclonal antibody is a murine immunoglobulin (IgG1 isotype), directed against NCA 95 (nonspecific cross-reacting antigen), which is also present on the surface of neutrophil granulocytes. We investigated patients with acute (n = 9) and chronic (n = 3) osteomyelitis, with coxitis (n = 3) and coxarthrosis (n = 2), with septic hip prosthesis (n = 8) and loosening hip prosthesis (n = 14), with low back pain (n = 4), with spondylitis (n = 5) and with postoperative spondylodiscitis (n = 9). With reference to the total number of patients examined in this study we found 29 true positive results, 22 true negative results, 4 false negative results and 2 false positive results. This gives a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 92%. The lesions were already visualized within 4 to 6 hours, but 24 hour pictures are desirable. SPECT pictures are mandatory in patients with diseases of the hip or of the spine because sensitivity is considerably improved thereby.
authors.affiliation: Nuklearmedizinisches Institut, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Forschungsstelle für klinische Geriatrie, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Wien.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kroiss
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Böck
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perneczky
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Auinger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weidlich
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kleinpeter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brenner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015299:Discitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013166:Spondylitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
vernacular_title: Immunszintigraphie zur Aufdeckung von Entzündungsherden bei Knochen- und Gelenkserkrankungen.